Washing-machine



MI LQLI- Washing Machine.

No. 223,938. Ff'atgnted Jan. 211880..

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

N.PF TERS. PHOTD-LITHDGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D Q

UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

UPTON MILLER, OF MOUNT MORRIS, ILLINOIS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 223,938, dated January 2'7, 1880.

' Application filed November .21, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, UP'roN MILLER, of Mount Morris, in the county of Ogle and State of Illinois, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Washing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a plan View of my improvement, the cover being removed. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation taken through the line as 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the drive wheel and its support. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the stopper.

This invention relates to that class of washin gmachines in which the clothes are compressed between reciprocating pressing-boards.

A represents the tub or box, which is made rectangular in form and of any desired size,

and is supported by legs B, of such alength as N to raise the machine to a convenient height.

The tub A is provided with a cover, made in two parts, 0 D, the part (3 being stationary and the part D being hinged at its inner'edge to the inner edge of the part 0. Upon the bottom of the tub A is placed a rack, E, for the dirt from the clothes to settle through to the bottom of the tub A, so that it will notbe continually stirred np by the movement of the clothes.

The rack E is made in two parts, connected to each other at the lower part, of their adjacent edges by hinges E, so that it may be more conveniently put inand taken out.

F G are the pressure-boards, which are corrugated upon their faces, and are slotted between the corrugations to allow the water squeezed from the clothes to escape freely.

The pressure-board F is strengthened by bars or plates H, attached to the end parts of its rear side. The upper ends of theloars H project rearward and upward, and are pivoted to the upper forward corners of the boards or bars I. The outer ends of the boards I are attached to the ends of the cross-board J.

To the centerof the cross-board J is swiveled the end of a hand-screw, K, which passes through a nut, L,atta'ched to the end M of the tub A. The board J is slotted from its lower edge to the screw K, so that it may be lifted 0d the said screw when desired.

I/Vith this construction,by turning the screw l the boards I J I, and with them the pressducing the friction.

board, so that the lower part of the pressureboard F may yield to adjust the said pressureboard to the clothes pressed against it.

The frame I J I is held down to its place by cleats 0, attached to the upper part of the sides of the tub A. The pressure-board G is stren gthened by bars or plates P, attached to the end parts of its rear side.

To the ends of the bars or plates P are piv- -oted wheels or rollers Q, the lower ones of which roll along the bars of the rack E. The upper rollers, Q, rest against the lower side of the cleats 0.

By this arrangement the pressure-board G can be moved forward and back to compress and release the clothes very easily, the rollers Q preventing it from binding and greatly re- Upon the lower and middle parts of the bars or plates P are formed, or

to them are rigidly attached, two arms, R S.

To the outer ends of the lower arms, B, are pivoted the lower ends of two arms, T, formed upon or attached to the rock'sha-ft U. The upper arms, S, have curved slots formed in them to receive the bolts that pivot them to the arms T, so that the pressure-board G may adjust itself to the mass of clothes being pressed between it and the pressure-board F. The rock'shaft U works in bearin gs V, inserted in grooves in the upper parts of the side boards of the tub A, and to its middle part is attached, or upon it is formed, an arm, W, which passes up through a slot in the stationary part O of the cover, and its upper end is pivoted tothe end of a connecting-bar, X. The shaft U, in connection with the arms T T W, acts as a three-armed lever. The other end of the bar X is pivoted to a crank-pin, Y, attached to the crank-wheel Z. The crank-wheel Z is made heavy to serve as a fly-wheel, and is attached to the end of a shaft, a. The shaft to revolves in bearings attached to a small horizontal frame, I), attached to the end of the tub A.

To the shaft a is attached a small frictionwheel, 0, against the face of which rests the face of a large friction-wheel, (Z. The journals of the friction-wheel d revolve in bearings attached to the frame 0, and to the end of the outer journal is attached the oral] k f, by means of which the machine is operated. The frame 6 slides up and down in ways in an upright frame, g, attached to a corner of the tub A, and is held down to hold the friction-wheel (1 against the frictionwheel 0 with any desired pressure by a set-screw, h, which passes down through a screw-hole in the top bar of the frame g, and rests against or is swiveled to the top bar of the frame a.

'The forward end, M, of the tub A projects upward to serve as a flange to receive a clothes-wringer. To this end part of the tub A is attached an inclined board, 1', to receive the water wrung from the clothes and guide it back into the tub A. The lower edge of the inclined board or apron i is notched to allow the water wrung from the clothes to flow into the tub A along its end board.

In the lower part of one side of the tub A is formed a hole, j, through which the water may be drawn off when desired. is is a lever, the forward end of which fits over the outer endof the holej. The inner side of the forward end of the lever It is recessed, and may have a packing attached to it, or the packing may be attached to the side of the tub A around the hole 9'.

In the middle part of the lever 70 is formed a slot, Z, to receive the fulcrum-screw m, at tached to the side of tub A. The forward end of the slotl is made large enough to allow the head of the screw m to be passed through it but the rear part of the slot l is only large enough to receive the body of the said screw m, as shown in Fig. 4. The rear end of the lever 70 is inclined outward slightly,is slotted, I

and to it is pivoted a cam-lever, n. The part or cam of the lever n that bears against the side of the tub A is made in cylindrical form, as shown in Fig. 1 and in dotted lines in Fig. 4.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a washing-machine, the rack E, made in two parts, hinged together, in combination with the boards F G and removable cleats O, as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a Washing-machine, the combination, with the pressure-board G, of the arms It, the slotted arms S, and the three-armed rockshaft T T U W, substantially as herein shown and described, to give a forward and backward movement to the pressure-board and allow it to adjust itself to the clothes, as set forth.

3. In a washing-machine, the combination, with the perforated side of the tub A, of the stopper formed of the slotted lever is, the camlever 11, and the fulcrum-screw m, substantially as herein shown and described, for closing the discharge-orifice j of the tub A, as set forth.

UPTON MILLER.

Witnesses:

.J. H. SWINGLEY,

WILL. H. MILLER. 

